El Salvador
Badge of El Salvador team
Team information
NicknameEl Trueno Azul
Governing body-
Region-
Head coachFredy Salvador Arteaga Figueroa
CaptainAlvaro Alarcon
Most capsEric Orellana
Top try-scorerDaniel Godinez (5)
Top point-scorerAlvaro Alarcon, Daniel Godinez (20)
IRL ranking41st
Team results
First international
 Chile 58–20 El Salvador 
(Sydney, Australia; 31 January 2015)
Biggest win
 Colombia 10-48 El Salvador 
(Rochedale, Brisbane; 21 October 2018)
Biggest defeat
 Chile 58–20 El Salvador 
(Sydney, Australia; 31 January 2015)
World Cup
Appearances0 (first time in -)
Best result-

The El Salvador national rugby league team (Spanish: rugby league equipo nacional de El Salvador), nicknamed El Trueno Azul (English: Blue Thunder), represents El Salvador in rugby league. They had their first international 9's tournament in 2015 in Australia along with Chile in Latin America at the Cabramatta International Nines.[1]

History

IRL Men's World Rankings
Official rankings as of 21 December 2023
RankChangeTeamPts %
1 Steady Australia100.00
2 Steady New Zealand91.00
3 Increase 1 England74.00
4 Decrease 1 Samoa70.00
5 Steady Tonga54.00
6 Steady Papua New Guinea50.00
7 Steady Fiji49.00
8 Increase 1 France24.00
9 Decrease 1 Lebanon24.00
10 Increase 3 Cook Islands22.00
11 Decrease 1 Serbia19.00
12 Increase 6 Netherlands17.00
13 Increase 1 Italy15.00
14 Increase 5 Malta15.00
15 Increase 1 Greece14.00
16 Decrease 4 Ireland14.00
17 Decrease 6 Wales13.00
18 Decrease 3 Jamaica10.00
19 Decrease 2 Scotland9.00
20 Increase 8 Ukraine7.00
21 Increase 6 Czech Republic7.00
22 Decrease 1 Germany6.00
23 Increase 10 Philippines6.00
24 Increase 5 Poland6.00
25 Increase 1 South Africa5.00
26 Decrease 4 Chile5.00
27 Increase 4 Kenya0.00
28 Increase 6 Norway4.00
29 Decrease 6 Nigeria4.00
30 Decrease 6 Ghana4.00
31 Decrease 6 Brazil4.00
32 Decrease 12 Turkey3.00
33 Increase 4 United States3.00
34 Increase 1 Bulgaria3.00
35 Decrease 5 Cameroon2.00
36 Increase 2 Montenegro2.00
37 Decrease 5 Spain2.00
38 Increase 6 Japan1.00
39 New entry Albania1.00
40 Decrease 4 Colombia1.00
41 Increase 6 El Salvador1.00
42 New entry North Macedonia1.00
43 Decrease 1 Morocco1.00
44 Decrease 3 Sweden0.00
45 Steady Bosnia and Herzegovina0.00
46 Decrease 3 Canada0.00
47 New entry Niue0.00
48 Decrease 9 Solomon Islands0.00
49 Decrease 1 Belgium0.00
50 Decrease 10 Hungary0.00
51 Decrease 5 Vanuatu0.00
52 Decrease 3 Argentina0.00
53 Decrease 3 Denmark0.00
54 Decrease 3 Latvia0.00
55 New entry Estonia0.00
Complete rankings at INTRL.SPORT

Rugby league Has yet to be played on El Salvador soil but efforts are in place to bring rugby league to Central and South America through the Latin Heat Rugby League. In the very first full Latino team 4 Salvadorans were included.[2] After the Latin Heat fielded enough Salvadoran players to make up a Rugby league nines team they entered into the Cabramatta International Nines tournament in 2015.[1]

On 17 October 2015 The El Salvador national rugby league team debuted in the Latino Rugby League Sevens Tournament on 17 October 2015. They finished 1-1.[3]

The El Salvador national rugby league team entered the 2016 Cabramatta International Nines on 30 January with a 15-man squad. Their pool consisted of Ireland, DV Koori and Malta.[4][5][6]

On June 11, 2016 The Trueno Azul made their full 13-a-side debut playing latino rivals Chile at Henson Park, Sydney. El Salvador lost 58-20.

Current squad

The El Salvador national team selected for the 2016 Cabramatta International Nines tournament were:

Other Nat. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Pts
Australia Wing Javier Alarcon 20 July 1995 3 0
Australia Wing Eric Orellana 3 June 1991 8 0
Australia Centre,Second-row Michael Alarcon 14 February 1995 5 4
Australia Centre,Wing Michael Zamora-Rivera 19 June 1991 3 0
Australia Five-eighth Miguel Gonzalez 31 August 1990 3 4
Australia Halfback Alvaro Alarcon 21 February 1991 5 20
Australia Prop Fredy Artega Figueroa 22 March 1981 5 6
Australia Prop JC Mendez 29 January 1993 5 0
Australia Prop Josh Guzman 1 September 1998 8 0
Australia Prop Roque-Joel Perez Mejia 13 December 1988 6 0
Australia Hooker Ronnie Rivas 18 June 1983 6 0
Australia Second-row Walter Godinez 23 November 1974 8 0
USA Second-row Edgar Ayala 28 August 1992 3 0
Australia Second-row Junior Alarcon 31 July 1997 5 4
Australia Lock Daniel Godinez 31 March 1985 6 20

Record

Below is table of the representative rugby league nines matches played by El Salvador up until 12 October 2015:[7]

Opponent Played Won Lost Drawn Win % For Aga Diff
 American Samoa1-1-0%446-42
 Chile1-1-0%2034-14
 Malta1-1-0%430-26
 Niue1-1-0%1024-14
 Thailand1-1-0%1020-10
 Uruguay110-100%22148
Total514-17.667%70164-98

The following is a table of full 13-a-side test matches.

Opponent Played Won Lost Drawn Win % For Aga Diff
 Chile1-1-0%2058-38
 Uruguay1-1-0%461036
Total101-0%2058-38

See also

References

  1. 1 2 NRL. "Cabra 9s Results - NSWRL". nswrl.com.au. Retrieved 2015-10-12.
  2. ↑ "Salvadoran brothers will turn up heat | The Courier Mail".
  3. ↑ "Latin Heat Rugby League | Latino Rugby League Festival for Sydney". latinheatrl.com. Retrieved 2015-10-12.
  4. ↑ "Six New Nations To Light Up Cabramatta Nines - NSWRL".
  5. ↑ "South America emerges as international force - NRL".
  6. ↑ "PM - Latin American rugby league players dream big 01/02/2016".
  7. ↑ "Chile claim inaugural Latino Sevens tournament - Asia Pacific Rugby League".
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